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Period: Jan 1, 1550 to
Philippines History
The history of the Philippine since 1550 to present day. It can be catogorized into three major parts - Spansh Period (1521-1898), American Period (1898-1946) and Independence (1946 - Present). -
Apr 27, 1565
First Spanish Settlement
The Spanish conquistador Migual Lopez de Legazpi established one of the first European settlements in the East indies and the Pacific islands. The Spaniards sailed back to Cebu and attacked the village of Rajah Tupas, and created their first colony in the Philippines. -
Mar 18, 1570
Christianization in Philippines
Migual Lopez de Legazpi conquered a Muslim settlement in the Philippines and beginning to spread Christianity though out the country. The Spainish sent missionaries to travel around the Philippines to spread the religion. -
Tamblot Uprising
The actualy fighting of the revolt of Tambolt begun this day. The revolt of Tambolt is a religious conflict. At the time Christianity was spread through the country, and Tambolt challenged the Spanish priest and he won, earning the people's trust, he started the revolt. -
Battles of La Naval de Manila
The Battles of La Naval de Manila is five navy battles fought in the water of the Philippines between the Spain and Dutch. The Dutch harassed and infested the coast of Manila due to the fact that they want to dominate the commerical sea trade in the Southeast Asia -
Dagohoy Rebellion
The Dagohoy rebellion was considered the longest rebellion in the philippines history. It took place in the Island of Bohol from 1744 to 1829, almost 85 years. It was led by Fransisco Dagohoy who was infuriated due to the fact of Father Morales refuesed to give his brother a Christian burial, who died while chasing a fugitive that went against Christianity. -
Battle of Manila
The Battle of Manila began on September 24th to October 6th 1762. It was a battle between Britain and Spain around Manila. During that time period, Manila was a Spanish colony. -
Education Decree
During the 19th century, the Spain invested lots on education. On December 20th 1863, Queen Isabella II of Spain decreed the establishment of free public school system. However, they used Spanish as the first language. This greatly increased the number of educated Filipinos. -
Katipunan
The Katipunan was a Philippine revolutionary society created by the anti-Spanish Filipinos, such as Andes Bonifacio and Teodoro Plata. It stayed as a secret organization until it was exposed in he 1896 that led to the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution -
The Philippines Revolution
The two year long Philippines revolution began on this day. It is a armed military conflict between the people of the Philippines and Spanish colonial authorieties. It was the Pilippines's victory. -
Philippine-American War
The Philippine-Ameircan War, also known as the Philippine War of Independence was an armed conflict between the Filipino revolutionaries and the United states. This is when the First Philippine Republic officially declared war against the United States. -
Commonwealth
The constitution of the common wealth was signed this day. From 1935 ti 1946 was when the Philippines was part of the common wealth of the United States. Manuel L. Quezon became the first Filipino to head a government in the Philippines -
Battle of Philippines
It is also known as the Philippines Campaign. It is the invasion of the Philippines by Japan in 1941 and 1942. It was also for the defense of of the islands by Filipino and the army of America. -
Battle of Bataan
During World War II, the Battle of Bataan is the most intense part of the Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines. In order to control the Southeast Pacific, they must gain power on the Philippine islands. The American and Filipino military and United states made their largest surrender. -
Philippine Independence Day
The Philippines became a self-governing nation after 48 years under the power of America. This is when the United States first truly graded Philippines political independence. -
Martial Law
President Ferdinand Marcos declared a martial law to protec against communist takeover. Martial law is the impostion of military rule by military authorities over designated regions on an emergency basis. -
People Power Revolution
The People power revolution, also referred to as the Yellow Re volution and EDSA was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines. This nonvioent revolution resulted the restoration of the country's democracy and departure of the President Ferdinand Marcos.
